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Categories for discussion (CfD) is the central venue for discussing specific proposals to delete, merge, rename or split categories and stub types in accordance with the guidelines for categorization, category naming and stub articles.

For detailed instructions about using CfD, see "How to use CfD" below. Briefly, nominations are handled through one of two processes:

Speedy renaming and merging, for uncontroversial proposals that meet specified criteria—see "Speedy renaming and merging" below.
Full discussion, for all other proposals. Discussions typically remain open for at least seven days and are closed once a rough consensus has formed or no objections to the nomination are raised.

Except in uncontroversial cases such as reverting vandalism, do not amend or depopulate a category once it has been nominated at CfD as this hampers other editors' efforts to evaluate a category and participate in the discussion.

When a category is renamed or merged with another category, in limited circumstances it may be helpful to leave an instance of the {{Category redirect|...}} template on the category's former page. See "Redirecting categories" below for more information.

Wikipedia:Move review can be used to contest the outcome of a CfD request that is limited in scope to renaming, as long as all steps are followed. If a discussion on the request closer's talk page does not resolve an issue, then a move review will evaluate the close of a CfD move discussion to determine whether or not the close was reasonable and consistent with the spirit and intent of common practice, policies, and guidelines. CfDs involving deletion should be reviewed at Wikipedia:Deletion review.

Scope

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CfD is intended only for specific proposals to delete, merge, rename or split categories or stub types. For general discussion about how to improve the category system, use other appropriate venues such as Wikipedia talk:Categorization, Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Categories, and any relevant WikiProjects' talk pages.

Current discussions

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Discussions awaiting closure

Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2025 January 16 (1 open)
Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2025 January 15 (1 open)
Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2025 January 14 (1 open)
Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2025 January 11 (1 open)
Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2025 January 10 (1 open)
Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2025 January 6 (1 open)

See also the list of individual discussions awaiting closure here and the list of full open discussions awaiting closure here.

How to use CfD

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Nomination procedure

Twinkle

You may use Twinkle to facilitate CfD nominations. To install Twinkle, go to Special:Preferences#mw-prefsection-gadgets and check "Twinkle" in the "Browsing" section. Use the now-installed "XfD" (Start a deletion discussion) tab while viewing the page you want to nominate.

Twinkle only allows you to nominate a single category or stub template. For bundled nominations including multiple categories, see § MassCFD.

MassCFD

You can use the script User:Qwerfjkl/scripts/massXFD to automatically make mass nominations.

Manual nominations

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Preliminary steps.

Before nominating a category:

Read and understand the guidance for category names and overcategorization.
For categories containing biographical articles, read the guidance for categorization of people.
For categories containing the user pages of Wikipedians, read the guidance for user categories.

In the following special cases:

If a category is a red link, then it is already deleted (or was never created in the first place) and does not need to be nominated.
If a category is unpopulated, use {{db-catempty}} to request it be speedily deleted in 7 days.
If a category is populated solely by a template (other than a stub template, see #Stub types below) and you are proposing to delete both the category and template, follow the instructions at Wikipedia:Templates for discussion.

For further information, see Wikipedia:Categorization and Wikipedia:Manual of Style.

II

Edit the category.

Add one of the following templates at the beginning of the category page (not the talk page) of every category to be discussed. For nominations involving large numbers of categories, help adding these templates can be requested here.

Otherwise, if nominating a single category:

For deleting, use {{subst:Cfd}}
For merging, use {{subst:Cfm|Other category}}
- For merging to two categories, use {{subst:Cfm-double|Other category 1|Other category 2}}
For renaming, use {{subst:Cfr|Proposed name}}
For splitting, use {{subst:Cfs|Proposed name 1|Proposed name 2}}
For converting the category into a list, use {{subst:Cfl|Proposed name}}
For other options (containerization, etc.), use {{subst:Cfd|type=nature of proposed discussion}}

If nominating a group of related categories, use a bundled nomination:

For deleting, use {{subst:Cfd|CfD section name}}
For merging, use {{subst:Cfm|Other category|CfD section name}}
- For merging to two categories, use {{subst:Cfm-double|Other category 1|Other category 2|CfD section name}}
For renaming, use {{subst:Cfr|Proposed name|CfD section name}}
For splitting, use {{subst:Cfs|Proposed name 1|Proposed name 2|CfD section name}}
For converting the category into a list, {{subst:Cfl|Proposed name|CfD section name}}
For other options (containerization, etc.), use {{subst:Cfd|type=nature of proposed discussion|CfD section name}}

Include "CfD", "CfM", "CfR", "CfS" or "CfL" in the edit summary, and do not mark the edit as minor. Preview before saving.
To add the template for previous nomination days, use the "full" version of the template by appending "full" to the template name, i.e. {{cfd full}}, {{cfm full}}, {{cfr full}}, {{cfs full}} and {{cfl full}}. Use the |day=, |month= and |year= parameters to make the banner link to the correct CfD page.
Consider adding {{subst:cfd notice|Category name|2025 January 25|CfD section name}} ~~~~ to the talk page of the category's creator.
For details about these templates, see each template's documentation.

III

Create the CFD section.

Click THIS LINK to edit the section of CfD for today's entries.

Follow the instructions (visible in edit mode) to copy and paste one of the templates below. When inserting category names into these template's parameters, except the text= parameter, omit the Category: prefix and do not use wikilinks, as the template takes care of this.

If nominating a single category:

For deleting, use {{subst:Cfd2|Obsolete category|text=Your reason(s) for the proposed deletion. ~~~~}}
For merging, use {{subst:Cfm2|Origin category|Destination category|text=Your reason(s) for the proposed merge. ~~~~}}
- For merging to two categories, use {{subst:Cfm2|Origin category|Destination category 1|target2=Destination category 2|text=Your reason(s) for the proposed merge. ~~~~}}
For renaming, use {{subst:Cfr2|Current category|Proposed name|text=Your reason(s) for the proposed rename. ~~~~}}
For splitting, use {{subst:Cfs2|Current category|Proposed category 1|Proposed category 2|text=Your reason(s) for the proposed split. ~~~~}}
For converting the category into a list, use {{subst:Cfc2|Current category|Proposed article|text=Your reason(s) for the proposed conversion. ~~~~}}
For other options (containerization, etc.), use {{subst:Cfd2|Current category|type=other type|text=Your reason(s) for the proposed conversion. ~~~~}}

For a bundled nomination, use one of the standard templates to build the "Cfd section name" for the first nominated category. After saving that, the second and subsequent nominations must be inserted manually, as follows:

==== Cfd section name ====

* 1st category

* 2nd category [Make clear whether you propose deletion, merging or renaming]

* Your reason for nominating the categories, and signature.

If a bundled nomination is too long, consider using {{hidden}} to hide some of the nominated categories.
In your reason, use links if mentioning articles or categories. To link to a category, use the colon trick by adding a colon (:) to the beginning of the link, e.g. [[:Category:Foo]].
Preview before saving to check that your nomination is formatted correctly, and remember to include your signature at the end of the nomination.

Stub types

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Preliminary steps.

In general, a stub type consists of a stub template and a dedicated stub category. Before nominating a stub type for deletion, merging or renaming:

Read and understand guidance for creating stub types and stub type naming conventions.
Review the list of existing stub types—be advised, this list may not be comprehensive.
If you wish to:
- Create a new stub type—follow the procedure for proposing new stub types.
- Delete, merge or rename a stub category only, without deleting or renaming the associated stub template—follow the instructions above this section.
- Delete or rename a stub template—continue to section II.

II

Edit the template.

Add one of the following tags at the beginning of the template to be discussed.

For deletion, use {{subst:Sfd-t|Section name}}
For renaming, use {{subst:Sfr-t|Proposed name|Section name}}

Please include "SFD" or "SFR" in the edit summary, and don't mark the edit as minor. Preview before saving.
Consider notifying the template's creator on their talk page. To find the contributor, check the page history of the stub template.

III

Create the CFD section.

Click THIS LINK to edit the section of CfD for today's entries.

Follow the instructions (visible in edit mode) and paste the following text (remember to update the default parameters):

For deletion, use {{subst:sfd-t2|TemplateName|text=Your reason(s) for the proposed deletion. ~~~~}}
For renaming, use {{subst:sfr-t2|TemplateOldName|TemplateNewName|text=Your reason(s) for the proposed deletion. ~~~~}}

In your rationale, mention how many articles currently use the template to help other editors. When linking to a category in your rationale, always add a colon (:) to the beginning of the link, like [[:Category:Foo]]. This makes a category link that can be seen on the page, and avoids putting this page into the category you are nominating.
Preview before saving to check that your nomination is formatted correctly, and remember to include your signature at the end of the nomination.

Notifying interested projects and editors

In addition to the steps listed above, you may choose to invite participation by editors who are likely to be informed about a nominated category. All such efforts must comply with Wikipedia's guideline against biased canvassing. In addition, to help make your messages about the CfD discussion clear, avoid Wikipedia-specific abbreviations, link to relevant policies or guidelines, and link to the discussion itself.

Notifying related WikiProjects

WikiProjects consist of groups of editors who are interested in a particular subject. If a nominated category is within the scope of one or more WikiProjects, consider adding a brief, neutral note on their talk page(s) about the nomination. You may use {{subst:cfd notice|Category name|2025 January 25|CfD section name}} ~~~~ or write a personalized message.

Tagging the nominated category's talk page with a relevant WikiProject's banner will include the category in that WikiProject's Article Alerts if they subscribe to the system. For instance, tagging a nominated category with {{WikiProject Physics}} will add the discussion to Wikipedia:WikiProject Physics/Article alerts.

Notifying substantial contributors to the category

While not required, it is generally considered courteous to notify the good-faith creator and main contributors of the category that you are nominating for discussion. To find the creator and main contributors, check the category's page history or talk page. You may use {{Cfd notice}} to inform the category's creator and all other editors.

Notifying other interested editors

It may be helpful to invite other subject-matter experts by posting a message on the talk page of the most closely related article, such as Protein family for Category:Protein families. You may use {{Cfdnotice}} for this.

Closing procedure

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After seven days, someone will close the discussion according to the consensus that formed or, if needed, relist it to allow more discussion. Editors closing discussions must follow the administrator instructions and, except in the case of a "keep" or "no consensus" outcome, implement the result or log it at the Working page to ensure it is implemented.

Redirecting categories

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In general, an unpopulated category should be deleted (see speedy deletion criterion C1) because it is not useful for navigation and sorting. In limited circumstances, and because categories cannot be redirected using "hard" redirects (i.e. #REDIRECT[[''target'']]), we use a form of "soft redirect" to solve the issue. You can create a category redirect by adding {{Category redirect|target}} to the category page. Bots patrol these categories and move articles into the "redirect" targets.

In particular, category redirects are used at the former category name when we convert hyphens into en dashes (e.g. Category:Canada-Russia relations → Category:Canada–Russia relations). It is also helpful to set up category redirects from titles with plain letters (i.e. characters on a standard keyboard) where the category names include diacritics.

A list of redirected categories is available at Category:Wikipedia soft redirected categories.

Speedy renaming and merging

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This page has a backlog that requires the attention of willing editors.
Please remove this notice when the backlog is cleared.

Speedy renaming or speedy merging of categories may be requested only if they meet a speedy criterion, for example WP:C2D (consistency with main article's name) or WP:C2C (consistency with established category tree names). Please see instructions below.

Determine which speedy criterion applies
Tag category page with {{subst:cfr-speedy|New name}} or {{subst:cfm-speedy|Merge target}}
List request along with speedy criteria reason under "Current requests" below on this page

Please note that a speedy request must state which of the narrowly defined criteria strictly applies. Hence, any other non-speedy criteria, even "common sense" or "obvious", may be suitable points, but only at a full discussion at WP:Categories for discussion.

Requests may take 48 hours to process after listing if there are no objections. This delay allows other users to review the request to ensure that it meets the speedy criteria for speedy renaming or merging, and to raise objections to the proposed change.

Categories that qualify for speedy deletion (per Wikipedia:Criteria for speedy deletion, e.g., "patent nonsense", "recreation") can be tagged with the regular speedy tags, such as {{db|reason}} with no required delay. Empty categories can be deleted if they remain empty 7 days after tagging with {{db-empty}}. Renaming under C2E may also be processed instantly (at the discretion of an administrator) as it is a variation on G7.

To oppose a speedy request you must record your objection within 48 hours of the nomination. Do this by inserting immediately under the nomination:

Oppose, (the reasons for your objection). ~~~~

You will not be able to do this by editing the page WP:Categories for discussion. Instead, you should edit the section WP:Categories for discussion#Add requests for speedy renaming and merging here or the page WP:Categories for discussion/Speedy#Add requests for speedy renaming and merging here (WP:CFDS). Be aware that in the course of any discussion, the nomination and its discussion may get moved further down the page purely for organizational convenience – you may need to search WP:CFDS to find the new location. Participate in any ongoing discussion, but unless you withdraw your opposition, a knowledgeable person may eventually bring forward the nomination and discussion to become a regular CFD discussion. At that stage you may add further comments, but your initial opposition will still be considered. However, if after seven days there has been no support for the request, and no response from the nominator, the request may be dropped from further consideration as a speedy.

Contested speedy requests become stale, and can be untagged and delisted after 7 days of inactivity. Optionally, if the discussion may be useful for future reference, it may be copied to the category talk page, with a section heading and {{moved discussion from|[[WP:CFDS]]|2=~~~~}}. If the nominator wants to revive the process, this may be requested at WP:Categories for discussion (CfD) in accordance with its instructions.

If you belatedly notice and want to oppose a speedy move that has already been processed, contact one of the admins who process the Speedy page. If your objection seems valid, they may reverse the move, or start a full CFD discussion.

Speedy criteria

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The category-specific criteria for speedy renaming, or merging are strictly limited to:

C2A: Typographic and spelling fixes

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Correction of spelling errors and capitalization fixes. Differences between British and American spelling (e.g. Harbours → Harbors) are not considered errors; however if the convention of the relevant category tree is to use one form over the other then a rename may be appropriate under C2C. If both spellings exist as otherwise-identical category names, they should be merged.
Appropriate conversion of hyphens into en dashes or vice versa (e.g. Category:Canada-Russia relations → Category:Canada–Russia relations).
Correction of obvious grammatical errors, such as a missing conjunction (e.g. Individual frogs toads → Individual frogs and toads). This includes pluralizing a noun in the name of a set category, but not when disagreement might reasonably be anticipated as to whether the category is a topic or set category.

C2B: Consistency with established Wikipedia naming conventions and practices

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Expanding abbreviated country names (e.g. U.S. → United States).
Disambiguation fixes from an unqualified name (e.g. Category:Washington → Category:Washington (state) or Category:Washington, D.C.).

C2C: Consistency with established category tree names

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Bringing a category into line with established naming conventions for that category tree, or into line with the various "x by y", "x of y", or "x in y" categorization conventions specified at Wikipedia:Category names

This should be used only where there is no room for doubt that the category in question is being used for the standard purpose instead of being a potential subcategory.
This criterion should be applied only when there is no ambiguity or doubt over the existence of a category naming convention. Such a convention must be well defined and must be overwhelmingly used within the tree. If this is not the case then the category in question must be brought forward to a full Cfd nomination.
This criterion will not apply in cases where the category tree observes distinctions in local usage (e.g. Category:Transportation in the United States and Category:Transport in the United Kingdom).

C2D: Consistency with main article's name

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Renaming a topic category to match its eponymous page (e.g. Category:The Beatles and The Beatles).
This applies only if the related page's current name (and by extension, the proposed name for the category) is:
- unambiguous (so it generally does not apply to proposals to remove a disambiguator from the category name, even when the main article is the primary topic of its name, i.e. it does not contain a disambiguator); and
- uncontroversial, either because of longstanding stability at that particular name, or because the page was just moved (i) after a page move discussion resulted in explicit consensus to rename, or (ii) unilaterally to reflect an official renaming which is verified by one or more citations (provided in the nomination). C2D does not apply if the result would be contrary to guidelines at WP:CATNAME, or there is any ongoing discussion about the name of the page or category, or there has been a recent discussion concerning any of the pages that resulted in a no consensus result, or it is controversial in some other way.
This criterion may also be used to rename a set category in the same circumstances, where the set is defined by a renamed topic; e.g. players for a sports team, or places in a district.
Before nominating a category to be renamed per WP:C2D, consider whether it makes more sense to move the article instead of the category.

C2E: Author request

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This criterion applies only if the author of a category requests or agrees to renaming within six months of creating the category.
The criterion does not apply if other editors have populated or changed the category since it was created. "Other editors" includes bots that populated the category, but excludes an editor working with the author on the renaming.

C2F: One eponymous page

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This criterion applies if the category contains only an eponymous article, list, template or media file, provided that the category has not otherwise been emptied shortly before the nomination. The default outcome is an upmerge to the parent categories, where applicable. Nominations should use {{subst:cfm-speedy}} (speedy merger) linking to a suitable parent category, or to another appropriate category (e.g. one that is currently on the article). When listing the nomination at WP:CFDS, you must manually add all the appropriate parent categories as targets if the member page is not already in them.

Admin instructions

When handling the listings:

Make sure that the listing meets one of the above criteria.
With the exception of C2E, make sure that it was both listed and tagged at least 48 hours previously.
Make sure that there is no opposition to the listing; if there is a discussion, check if the opposing user(s) ended up withdrawing their opposition.

If the listing meets these criteria, simply have the category renamed or merged – follow the instructions at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Administrator instructions, in the section "If the decision is to Rename, Merge, or Delete"; to list it for the bots, use the Speedy moves section.

Applying speedy criteria in full discussions

A nomination to merge or rename, brought forward as a full CfD, may be speedily closed if the closing administrator is satisfied that:
- The nomination clearly falls within the scope of one of the criteria listed here, and
- No objections have been made within 48 hours of the initial nomination.
If both these conditions are satisfied, the closure will be regarded as having been a result of a speedy nomination. If any objections have been raised then the CfD nomination will remain in place for the usual 7-day discussion period, to be decided in accordance with expressed consensus.

Add requests for speedy renaming and merging here

If the category and desired change do not match one of the criteria mentioned in C2, do not list it here. Instead, list it in the main CFD section.

If you are in any doubt as to whether it qualifies, do not list it here.

Use the following format on a new line at the beginning of the list:

* [[:Category:old name]] to [[:Category:new name]] – Reason ~~~~

If the current name should be redirected rather than deleted, use:

* REDIRECT [[:Category:old name]] to [[:Category:new name]] – Reason ~~~~

To note that human action is required, e.g. updating a template that populates the category, use:

* NO BOTS [[:Category:old name]] to [[:Category:new name]] – Reason ~~~~

Remember to tag the category page with: {{subst:cfr-speedy|New name}}

A request may be completed if it is more than 48 hours old; that is, if the time stamp shown is earlier than 06:02, 23 January 2025 (UTC). Currently, there are 5,518 open requests (refresh).

Current requests

Please add new requests at the top of the list, preferably with a link to the parent category (in case of C2C) or relevant article (in case of C2D).

Complete listing of "events" categories

The following discussion has been closed. Please do not modify it.

Category:Taylor Swift-related controversies to Category:Taylor Swift controversies – C2C. GustavoCza (talk • contribs) 00:52, 25 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Mayoral elections in Chesapeake, Virginia to Category:Mayoral elections in the United States, Category:History of Chesapeake, Virginia, Category:Local elections in Virginia, Category:Mayors of Chesapeake, Virginia – C2F. –Aidan721 (talk) 00:35, 25 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Mayoral elections in Alexandria, Virginia to Category:Mayoral elections in the United States, Category:Government of Alexandria, Virginia, Category:History of Alexandria, Virginia, Category:Local elections in Virginia – C2F. –Aidan721 (talk) 00:33, 25 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
REDIRECT Category:Category-Class aviation articles by project or task force to Category:Category-Class aviation pages by project or task force – C2C: Per Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 December 7#Category:Category-Class articles. To implement, simply undo this edit BlasterOfHouses (HouseBlaster's alt • talk • he/they) 23:14, 24 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Category:'Alawi dynasty to Category:Alawi dynasty – C2D: Talk:Alawi dynasty#Requested move 26 September 2023 SilverLocust 💬 22:17, 24 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Category:National League B to Category:Swiss League – C2D: per parent article at Swiss League, renamed in 2018. Flibirigit (talk) 21:37, 24 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

REDIRECT Category:User nds-NL-4 to Category:User nds-nl-4 – C2C * Pppery * _{it has begun...} 17:12, 24 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Category:2020 events in Azerbaijan by month to Category:2020 in Azerbaijan by month – C2C: per parent Category:Years in Azerbaijan by month and CfD. –Aidan721 (talk) 16:22, 24 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Category:LEN competitions to Category:European Aquatics competitions – C2D: C2D: European Aquatics (parent was renamed recently). This kind of naming is used in Category:World Aquatics competitions, Category:World Athletics competitions, and alike. Kaffet i halsen (talk) 15:46, 24 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Category:2015 events in Austria by month to Category:2015 in Austria by month – C2C: per parent Category:Years in Austria by month and CfD. –Aidan721 (talk) 15:44, 24 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Category:National members of LEN to Category:National members of European Aquatics – C2D: C2D: European Aquatics (parent was renamed recently) Kaffet i halsen (talk) 15:42, 24 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Category:1940 events in Australia by month to Category:1940 in Australia by month – C2C: per parent Category:Years in Australia by month and CfD. –Aidan721 (talk) 15:44, 24 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Category:2020 events in Armenia by month to Category:2020 in Armenia by month – C2C: per parent Category:Years in Armenia by month and CfD. –Aidan721 (talk) 15:09, 24 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Category:2001 events in Argentina by month to Category:2001 in Argentina by month – C2C: per parent Category:Years in Antigua and Barbuda by month and CfD. –Aidan721 (talk) 15:07, 24 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Category:2018 events in Antigua and Barbuda by month to Category:2018 in Antigua and Barbuda by month – C2C: per parent Category:Years in Antigua and Barbuda by month and CfD. –Aidan721 (talk) 13:56, 24 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Category:2023 events in Angola by month to Category:2023 in Angola by month – C2C: per parent Category:Years in Angola by month and CfD. –Aidan721 (talk) 13:44, 24 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Category:2024 events in Angola by month to Category:2024 in Angola by month

Category:2020 events in Algeria by month to Category:2020 in Algeria by month – C2C: per parent Category:Years in Algeria by month and CfD. –Aidan721 (talk) 13:29, 24 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Category:2021 events in Albania by month to Category:2021 in Albania by month – C2C: per parent Category:Years in Albania by month and CfD. –Aidan721 (talk) 13:29, 24 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Category:1995 events in Afghanistan by month to Category:1995 in Afghanistan by month – C2C: per parent Category:Years in Afghanistan by month and CfD. –Aidan721 (talk) 13:29, 24 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Category:FC Leon Saturn Ramenskoye to Category:FC Saturn Ramenskoye – C2D: FC Saturn Ramenskoye. Mish-FCTM (talk) 01:33, 24 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Category:1983 events in Russia by month to Category:1983 in Russia by month – C2C: per parent Category:Years in Russia by month and CfD. –Aidan721 (talk) 01:30, 24 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Category:1852 events in the United Kingdom by month to Category:1852 in the United Kingdom by month – C2C: per parent Category:Years in the United Kingdom by month and CfD. –Aidan721 (talk) 01:18, 24 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Category:1813 events in the United States by month to Category:1813 in the United States by month – C2C: per parent Category:Years in the United States by month and CfD. –Aidan721 (talk) 01:06, 24 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Category:1923 events in Oceania by month to Category:1923 in Oceania by month – C2C: per parent Category:Years in Oceania by month and CfD. –Aidan721 (talk) 00:17, 24 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Category:1860 events in North America by month to Category:1860 in North America by month – C2C: per parent Category:Years in North America by month and CfD. –Aidan721 (talk) 00:11, 24 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Category:1852 events in Europe by month to Category:1852 in Europe by month – C2C: per parent Category:Years in Europe by month and CfD. –Aidan721 (talk) 23:50, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Category:1940 events in Asia by month to Category:1940 in Asia by month – C2C: per parent Category:Years in Asia by month and CfD. –Aidan721 (talk) 23:45, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Category:1940 events in Africa by month to Category:1940 in Africa by month – C2C: per parent Category:Years in Africa by month and CfD. –Aidan721 (talk) 23:37, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Category:January 1926 events by continent to Category:January 1926 by continent – C2C: per CfD. –Aidan721 (talk) 21:21, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Pretty Poison albums to Category:Pretty Poison (group) albums – C2D per Pretty Poison (group). Erpert ^{blah, blah, blah...} 18:12, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Films directed by Samuthirakani to Category:Films directed by P. Samuthirakani – C2D: He is P. Samuthirakani. Kailash29792 (talk) 17:59, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Widowmaker (U.K. band) members to Category:Widowmaker (British band) members – C2D: British is the preferred usage for such disambiguators. Article moved to Widowmaker (British band) in September 2024. Starcheerspeaksnewslostwars^{Talk to me} 17:51, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Category:January 1905 events by continent to Category:January 1905 by continent – C2C: per CfD. –Aidan721 (talk) 17:03, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Television episodes about illegal drug trade to Category:Television episodes about the illegal drug trade - C2B/C2C: Category:Works about the illegal drug trade, etc. DoubleCross (‡) 16:35, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Television series about illegal drug trade to Category:Television series about the illegal drug trade - C2B/C2C. DoubleCross (‡) 16:35, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose the above two, one can also argue that the Works should be renamed the other way around. There is no clear standard. Marcocapelle (talk) 18:49, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Sports competitions in Paisley to Category:Sports competitions in Paisley, Renfrewshire – C2D: Paisley, Renfrewshire User:Namiba 16:24, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Ukrainian cultural centres to Category:Cultural centres in Ukraine – C2C: With other entries in Category:Cultural centers by country. Hey man im josh (talk) 14:34, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Traditional Sri Lankan sports to Category:Traditional sports of Sri Lanka – C2C: Match other categories in Category:Traditional sports by country / foo of country naming scheme. Hey man im josh (talk) 14:25, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Indonesian traditional games to Category:Traditional games of Indonesia – C2C: Follow naming scheme of parent categories of Category:Traditional games by country and Category:Entertainment in Indonesia (foo of country). Hey man im josh (talk) 14:24, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Korean people in the Imperial Japanese Army to Category:Koreans in the Imperial Japanese Army – C2D: Per Koreans, not "Korean people" seefooddiet (talk) 08:28, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Murder by year to Category:Murders by year – C2C: Per Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2025 January 15#Murder in YYYY. To implement, simply undo Special:Diff/1271243643. House Blaster (talk • he/they) 04:51, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Category:January 1861 events by continent to Category:January 1861 by continent – C2C: per CfD –Aidan721 (talk) 02:25, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Aidan721: Correct me if I'm wrong... but since that full list was included at the CfD, shouldn't this just be moved to WP:CFDS/Working? I'm not sure this needs to through CFDS itself for further renaming. Pinging @HouseBlaster, as they'd know better about this and could add the pages if they wanted to. Hey man im josh (talk) 13:26, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

These were subcategroies of the categories in the CfD. They were not directly nominated. –Aidan721 (talk) 13:30, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
My mistake, I see that now. Hey man im josh (talk) 14:34, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Category:PDP–Laban politicians to Category:Partido Demokratiko Pilipino politicians – C2D; aeticle is at Partido Demokratiko Pilipino. Howard the Duck (talk) 00:42, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Song recording produced by Pdogg to Category:Song recordings produced by Pdogg – C2A: typographical/spelling fix as it should be "recordings" not "recording" & C2C: naming convention of category names in Category:Song recordings by producer. Starcheerspeaksnewslostwars^{Talk to me} 00:23, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Permian Actinopterygii to Category:Permian ray-finned fish – C2C:Category:Prehistoric ray-finned fish

Category:Cisuralian Actinopterygii of Europe to Category:Cisuralian ray-finned fish of Europe Geekgecko (talk) 17:02, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Carboniferous Actinopterygii to Category:Carboniferous ray-finned fish – C2C:Category:Prehistoric ray-finned fish Geekgecko (talk) 23:13, 22 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Pennsylvanian Actinopterygii to Category:Pennsylvanian ray-finned fish Geekgecko (talk) 17:02, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Devonian Actinopterygii to Category:Devonian ray-finned fish – C2C:Category:Prehistoric ray-finned fish (all constituent categories also need renaming) Geekgecko (talk) 23:13, 22 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Miocene fishes of Europe to Category:Miocene fish of Europe – C2C:Category:Neogene fish of Europe Geekgecko (talk) 22:58, 22 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I tagged these categories, but subcategories also need to be tagged and listed here.--Ymblanter (talk) 06:34, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
There aren't any subcategories for the Miocene fish one, but I just listed the ones for the Paleozoic fish above. Geekgecko (talk) 17:02, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thanks, I have now tagged all of them. Ymblanter (talk) 06:46, 24 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Category:Military history of Sydney during World War II to Category:Sydney in World War II – C2C XTheBedrockX (talk) 22:31, 22 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I have just tagged the category.--Ymblanter (talk) 06:28, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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Category:Canadian masters athletes to Category:Canadian masters track and field athletes – C2C: Category:Canadian track and field athletes Kaffet i halsen (talk) 19:57, 21 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose, @Kaffet i halsen the issue is that athletics and track and field don't have the same meaning, we have separate wiki pages for both terms. For example marathon runners may belong in Category:Canadian masters athletes but they're not track and field athletes per se. --Habst (talk) 15:54, 22 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
I find Category:Canadian marathon runners under Category:Canadian runners under Category:Canadian track and field athletes. In what way does masters marathon runners differ? This is the most recent discussion about the usage of (track and field) athletes for American/Canadian (as American is listed below). Kaffet i halsen (talk) 11:12, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Kaffet i halsen, all runners are track and field athletes, and all marathoners are runners, but not all marathoners are track and field athletes. This is nonsensical logically, but it's accurate linguistically in the way these words are currently used. To eliminate all confusion, I think that most American English "track and field" categories should be renamed to "track and field, cross country, or road racing" one day. --Habst (talk) 13:13, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Ok, unless that is brought up to discussion I meanwhile don't understand why there shall be a difference in between Category:Canadian athletes and Category:Canadian masters athletes. Kaffet i halsen (talk) 20:22, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Oppose there is an entire tree of Category:Masters athletes. –Aidan721 (talk) 19:48, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Yes, but this WP:ENGVAR shift athletes/track and field athletes also occurs in its siblings Category:Athletes by nationality, Category:Olympic athletes (track and field) by country, and alike. Kaffet i halsen (talk) 20:22, 23 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Category:American masters athletes to Category:American masters track and field athletes – C2C: Category:American track and field athletes Kaffet i halsen (talk) 17:21, 21 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose, see Category:Canadian masters athletes above. --Habst (talk) 15:54, 22 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Soviet avant-garde to Category:Soviet avant-garde artists – C2C: parent is Soviet artists ^SMason_Garrison 23:59, 20 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
- Oppose speedy: There are also the sibling categories (within Category:Avant-garde art) Category:Russian avant-garde, Category:Serbian avant-garde and Category:Ukrainian avant-garde to consider. Ham II (talk) 19:58, 21 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Canadian Dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire to Category:Canadian dames – C2C: to match sister categories in Category:Canadian recipients of British titles and Category:Dames by country. Omnis Scientia (talk) 17:39, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

@Omnis Scientia: do you mean rename to Category:Canadian dames Commander of the Order of the British Empire? Marcocapelle (talk) 07:39, 20 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Marcocapelle. No. Since there are only two Canadian women with articles who are dames, making distinction between which order is pointless. Since Canada does not have a system of titles like this, there aren't likely to be more dames. Omnis Scientia (talk) 07:57, 20 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
- @Omnis Scientia: ok, but I don't think that is speediable. Marcocapelle (talk) 08:27, 20 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

On hold pending other discussion

Category:Possibly fictional pirates to Category:Pirates whose existence is disputed – C2C: parent is People whose existence is disputed ^SMason_Garrison 06:07, 21 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose speedy There are fare more subcategories of Category:People whose existence is disputed that use "Possibly fictional" than "whose existence is disputed", and therefore it's not a clear convention to apply C2C. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 10:33, 21 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Those are all being renamed to match this parent. Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2024 December 19#Category:Possibly fictional people from Europe ^SMason_Garrison 06:21, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
In that case we should wait until that is concluded and if it does then we can process this. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 23:48, 22 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
It is meanwhile at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2025 January 21#Category:Possibly fictional people from Europe. Marcocapelle (talk) 07:22, 21 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Category:Stainton, south Cumbria to Category:Stainton, Westmorland and Furness – C2D: Match Stainton, Westmorland and Furness. Hey man im josh (talk) 14:23, 18 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Oppose ambiguous with Stainton, Dacre, see User talk:Hey man im josh#Stainton. Crouch, Swale (talk) 18:11, 18 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Postpone until we know the result of the proposed move of Stainton, Westmorland and Furness. Grutness...wha? 03:35, 19 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Moved to full discussion

Category:State of Palestine to Category:Palestine (over disambiguation) and subcategories – C2D per Palestine following the move of the country article at this RM. Note that several of the targets are filled by disambiguation pages from when Palestine was occupied by what is now at Palestine (disambiguation). Timrollpickering (talk) 23:06, 7 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
This should probably go to full discussion. Per WP:C2D: it generally does not apply to proposals to remove a disambiguator from the category name, even when the main article is the primary topic of its name, i.e. it does not contain a disambiguator. –Aidan721 (talk) 02:51, 8 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
- Oppose speedy per above. Regards, Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 16:55, 8 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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- Category:Burials in the State of Palestine to Category:Burials in Palestine
- Category:State of Palestine articles missing geocoordinate data to Category:Palestine articles missing geocoordinate data

Moved to full discussion at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2025 January 9#Palestine. Timrollpickering (talk) 10:56, 9 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Now at Wikipedia:Categories for discussion/Log/2025 January 19#Palestine. Marcocapelle (talk) 22:55, 24 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Category:American Masters Athlete that competed in Olympics to Category:American Olympic masters athletes – C2A: Title case, grammar Habst (talk) 13:25, 10 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
- The proposed title gives the impression that they were masters while they were at the Olympics or competed in an Olympic masters competition, which is not the case – they have been at the Olympics for any NOC and they are American master athletes, which probably is reason for deletion per WP:NONDEF. Kaffet i halsen (talk) 15:04, 10 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Agree with above. A rename is misleading. And yeah this should probably be deleted. –Aidan721 (talk) 13:33, 14 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Aidan721 @Kaffet i halsen, that's fine, but rather than being deleted it should be down-merged into Category:American masters athletes and a subcat of Category:Olympic track and field athletes for the United States. --Habst (talk) 21:07, 16 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]
@Habst, Aidan721, and Kaffet i halsen: feel free to start a fresh discussion at full CfD aimed at merging or deletion. Marcocapelle (talk) 06:46, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

Moved to full discussion. –Aidan721 (talk) 17:45, 18 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

These are very special / unique individuals that competed as an Olympian, and were capable of continuing to compete later as a Masters athlete. Many Olympians have attempted to continue as a Masters but were unable (due to past injuries or other reasons). Recommend: to not change.

[Side note: Not part of this conversation: Occasionally the individual has been a both at the same time.] PlainDonut (talk) 21:26, 21 January 2025 (UTC)[reply]

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